SOURCES SOUGHT
99 -- Contract for Packaged Ice, Shipping and Storage During Periods of Emergency for the Southeastern United States.
- Notice Date
- 9/5/2005
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541614
— Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- US Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah, P.O. Box 889, Savannah, GA 31402-0889
- ZIP Code
- 31402-0889
- Solicitation Number
- W912HN-05-S-0001
- Response Due
- 9/8/2005
- Archive Date
- 11/7/2005
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The US Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District has a requirement for the above subject. This is not a Solicitation Announcement and is not a Request for Proposal and does not obligate the Government to any contract award. This sources sought syn opsis is to meet emergency and disaster relief requirements for ice within the geographic southeastern portion of the U.S. for the remainder of the 2005 hurricane season, and to serve as a contingency plan to augment national ACI contracts as needed. The G overnment is seeking interest and capability of potential firms relative to the North American Industry Classification Codes (NAICS) 541614 and 312113. The small business size standard for NAICS code 541614 is: not to exceed $6 million average annual gro ss receipts over the past 3 years and NAICS code 312113 is 500 employees. To make an appropriate acquisition for the above project, the Government will use responses to this Sources Sought synopsis, as determined to be in the best interest of the Governme nt. Project Information: Any resultant contract will primarily be established to serve the South Atlantic Division Area of Operation which includes the states of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Alabama and Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The contract will include a provision allowing for its use throughout CONUS if contingency support is requested. The US Army Corps of Engineers will utilize this contract for its purchase requirements for packaged ice in performance of its respon sibilities for emergency or disaster response activities under the National Response Plan, and for other packaged ice when necessary. The purpose of the contract is to provide packaged ice, transportation, and management of distribution system, primarily in support of presidentially declared disasters. Expect workflow during emergencies to consist of the following: a) Contractor responds to a request for 20 Millions pounds of ice within 24 hours; b) Contractor arranges for the production of ice; c) Contr actor arranges for transportation of ice to a mobilization are (note transportation may be by land, air or sea); d) Contractor provides real time tracking and expected time of arrival for each truckload; e) Ice arrives in refrigerated storage trailers to i ntermediate storage locations within disaster areas; h) Contractor provides operation and maintenance of refrigerated storage trailers to include refueling at intermediate storage locations; i) Contractor dispatches ice and refrigerated storage trailers to public distribution sites; j) Contractor leaves refrigerated storage trailers at the public distribution site to be unloaded by others, AND/OR Contractor unloads palletized ice from refrigerated storage trailers by forklift, places palletized ice on groun d, covers each pallet of ice with a tarp, secures the tarp, and returns truck and refrigerated storage trailers to distribution system. The contractor shall provide packaged ice, transportation of ice to disaster sites, intermediate transportation within disaster area, loading and unloading, drayage, additional ground mileage, short term rental and operation of refrigerated storage trailers, etc., to sites in the South Atlantic Division Area of Responsibility. The contract also includes requirements for p articipation in Partnering efforts and provision of Strategic Planning Services. Time is of the essence in performance of this contract, as this ice is required to sustain life in the aftermath of disasters that have or will disrupt the normal source of r efrigeration in the disaster location. Therefore, this contract requires immediate response, with timely production, delivery, and reporting by the Contractor. The Contractor may be required to respond to simultaneous disasters with deliveries to multipl e sites for each disaster. In order to meet the intent of the Stafford Act, the Contractor shall give preference to the extent feasible and practicable in meet ing its subcontracting and hiring requirements with those organizations, firms, and individuals residing or doing business primarily in the area affected by the disaster. The contractor will be required to submit daily production and product delivery repo rts through an automated system. That data will be verified through acceptance reports from Government personnel at the receiving locations. The Contractor will be required to provide copies of State/local inspection reports and permits for all producers plants. The contractor will be further required to provide periodic reports relative to hiring and subcontracting in the disaster location to monitor compliance with the Stafford Act. If you can meet ALL of the requirements for this project, please res pond to this Sources Sought by fax, e-mail, or mail to the attention of f US Army Corps of Engineers, ATTN: CT-P, Lynda A. Bush, 100 W Oglethorpe Ave, Savannah GA 31401 or lynda.a.bush@sas02.usace.army.mil, phone (912) 652-5102 or fax (912) 652-6059. Responses for this Sources Sought shall be received NO LATER THAN Noon 8 September 2005. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS REQUESTED: 1. Name of firm w/address, phone, fax, e-mail address, and point of contract. 2. Please indicate whether your firm would submit a proposal for this project. 3. Submission Requirements: Indicate specialized expe rience and technical competence in: a) experience with contract of similar scope and size, and b) capability to simultaneously respond to multiple disaster location and multiple delivery sites within those locations. Firms submitting responses shall prese nt their information in a matrix format showing contracts they have performed. The matrix shall show the most recent projects (not to exceed 5) that demonstrate the capabilities necessary to meet the criteria listed above, in items a through j. Include c ontract number, project location, description of work requirements, contact and phone number for each effort, etc. Firms should also indicate all applicable personnel and sub-contractors proposed to work on the contract. Firms responding to this sources sought announcement, who fail to provide ALL of the required information requested, will not be used to help the Government make the acquisition decision which is the intent of this sources sought announcement.
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